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“It is not what you want that you attract; you attract what you believe to be true.” – Neville Goddard

I was reading “Prayer, the art of believing” by Neville Goddard and this quote really hit me. I watched “The Secret” years ago when it came out and was so excited to put it into practice. It didn’t work well for me and I felt like a failure. I thought I just wasn’t good at using the Law of Attraction.

I’ve never picked a word for the year before. I’ve heard about it, but I don’t usually make resolutions or things like that for the new year. This year I felt guided to pick a word and right away two words came to me, peace and acceptance. I prayed and asked for guidance and those words kept coming up, so I decided to accept them and go with it.

When I went raw vegan, and discovered nice cream also known as nana cream, I was hooked. It’s so good! It’s like eating ice cream but it’s healthy and doesn’t harm animals. It’s good for you because it’s made with only one ingredient, bananas. You can also add other ingredients to change the flavor but it’s great alone too. My daughters’ favorite way to eat nice cream is plain vanilla topped with our homemade peanut butter.

During the past few years Christmas began to feel like a chore. I should say not Christmas itself or the cooking because I love to cook. It was the decorating, having to find and buy the perfect gift and seeing all the clutter in our home with all the decorations. My husband even suggested not decorating last year.

I’ve been raw vegan for over a year now! It’s amazing how quickly the time went by. I started eating 100% raw on Sept. 17, 2016. I’d already been vegan for over ten years and was eating a very high raw diet. I was feeling guided to switch to a fully raw vegan diet so I decided to listen to my gut and do it.

I wanted to surprise my husband with an experience to celebrate our 21st Wedding Anniversary. We booked a weekend getaway at a resort & spa in San Diego, but I also wanted to do something on our actual Anniversary. I decided to book a helicopter tour over Los Angeles.

Eating vegan and raw in Italy turned out to be easy. Before we left for our trip I was feeling guided to go fully raw. I had been vegan for over 12 years and my family for over eight years. I decided to do a high raw diet while in Italy because I wanted to try a slice of pizza, pasta or gelato if I felt like it.

Every restaurant we went to knew what vegan was. As soon as we mentioned it, they would say “no milk, no egg, no cheese, no meat etc.”

When we went to Italy one of our favorite tours was a private Colosseum Underground tour we booked with LivItaly. We went to the top tier which you can't do with general admission. We also went to the underground section which isn't open to the public. Our tour host Rachel was incredible and truly made the experience even better. She shared lots of great information and was so much fun. We had a small group of only our family and two other people so it was very personal.

It was a nice sunny day here today so I decided to hang laundry outside to dry. It reminded me of our trip to Italy. One of my most cherished moments in Florence was hanging our clothes outside the window of our fourth story flat to dry. For some reason hanging the laundry made me feel like I lived there rather than just being a visitor. It brought me back to my childhood and it felt so authentic Italian to me.

Tammy Blomsterberg

A Travel & Vegan Lifestyle Blog

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I'm Tammy. My blog is like a journal for me. It's a place to share my story and our family adventures along with plant based living, raw & vegan recipes and travel tips to help you vacation more and create precious memories with your loved ones.